In the Mines

In these paintings, “In The Mines”, I relflect on mining both as experience and as metaphor. By studying the images of miners and their environment, by observing how light rises from candle flames onto faces and bodies, by actually working in the dark with darkness as ground, I have tried to understand how it feels to go deep beneath the surface in search of something of value. 

Philip Buller 2009
 

SOLD Candlelight Faces, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 80" x 60"

SOLD Candlelight Faces, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 80" x 60"

SOLD Color in Darkness, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 24" x 30"

SOLD Color in Darkness, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 24" x 30"

SOLD Light From Below, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 80" x 60"

SOLD Light From Below, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 80" x 60"

SOLD Dark Shift, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 26" x 30"

SOLD Dark Shift, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 26" x 30"

Light, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 52" x 48"

Light, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 52" x 48"

Finding, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 24" x 30", Retreat Cove Studio

Finding, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 24" x 30", Retreat Cove Studio

Descending, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 26" x 30", Retreat Cove Studio

Descending, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 26" x 30", Retreat Cove Studio

SOLD Dreams of the Surface, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 30" x 52"

SOLD Dreams of the Surface, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 30" x 52"

SOLD Working, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 24" x 30"

SOLD Working, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, 24" x 30"

SOLD In the Mines, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, Triptych (78" x 108"), Left panel

SOLD In the Mines, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, Triptych (78" x 108"), Left panel

SOLD In the Mines, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, Triptych (78" x 108"), Center Panel

SOLD In the Mines, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, Triptych (78" x 108"), Center Panel

SOLD In the Mines, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, Triptych (78" x 108"), Right Panel

SOLD In the Mines, Oil on Linen on Panel, 2009, Triptych (78" x 108"), Right Panel